Carlos Sainz accomplished the second day of Components 1’s pre-season check with the quickest lap of the three-day Bahrain occasion to this point, overturning Lewis Hamilton’s time from the morning.
Sainz went quickest with a 1m29.366s lap half-hour after testing resumed following the lunch break, after which discovered a smidgen extra time on the finish of the afternoon’s opening hour to set a 1m29.348s on C3s.
This put him simply 0.03s away from Hamilton’s earlier benchmark, after which the Spaniard survived a subsequent spin whereas indulging in a flurry of laps on the C4 compound.
Though a minor spattering of sunshine rain emerged earlier than dusk, this cleared and finally didn’t create as a lot disruption because the pre-lunch bathe – which successfully took an hour out of the out there working.
After Sainz took management of the timesheets, there have been scant few makes an attempt to supplant him as the vast majority of groups opted for race simulations; the Williams driver himself took to a prolonged race stint on the C3 tyres reasonably than attempt to enhance on his personal benchmark.
Lando Norris tried to provide his former McLaren team-mate a run for his cash with a lap within the remaining quarter-hour on C3s, however couldn’t capitalise on a powerful medium sector as he ran huge at Flip 14 and instantly made a beeline for the pitlane.
Lando Norris, McLaren
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This ensured Sainz remained high, and with the best lap depend – 127 – of anyone by way of the day.
Charles Leclerc, who took over from Hamilton within the afternoon session, completed third, half a tenth shy of his new team-mate. The Monegasque had a spin at Flip 14 whereas setting a extra fast set of instances on his C4s, however finally carried on to gather a complete of 83 laps for the night.
George Russell’s effort from the morning session remained adequate for fourth, a scant 0.006s away from rookie team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who confirmed good pace but additionally endured a few excursions off-road as he continued to get used to the rigours of F1.
Lance Stroll was sixth quickest over Liam Lawson, as Purple Bull fastened the water stress situation onboard the Kiwi’s automobile that had restricted working within the morning.
Alpine duo Jack Doohan and Pierre Gasly have been eighth and ninth, as Isack Hadjar accomplished the highest 10 – the one driver to do their quickest time on C4s, reasonably than C3s.
McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Norris have been solely thirteenth and 14th however, aside from Norris’s aborted lap, confirmed little in efficiency working – though the Briton’s race tempo nonetheless seemed to be spectacular.
The Haas duo once more propped up the order, having once more spent the day specializing in longer runs.
2025 F1 pre-season testing Day 2 outcomes
Photographs from the Bahrain Pre-Season Testing – Day 2
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